Some lawmakers from Ruto's Rift Valley backyard met Tuesday night at a Nairobi hotel, where they usually caucus, with conflicting reports about their deliberations. While some said they endorsed Gachagua's ouster, which was described as "concluded", others said the subject was not part of the agenda of the meeting chaired by Kericho Senator Aaron Cheruiyot.
The DP is also reported to have met more than 10 MPs and five senators, as well as lawyers at his official residence to plan a counter for his planned ouster.
Gachagua is banking on the support of his allies from Mt Kenya, and others who may sympathise with him. He recently met nearly 50 MPs from across the divide who promised to shield him from impeachment.
Gachagua appears to be treading on dangerous ground and could well be impeached if Ruto-allied MPs and the Raila Odinga-led ODM team up to oust him.
Among those who have signed the motion include lawmakers from Raila's party and Ruto's United Democratic Alliance, the two most dominant parties in the National Assembly.
With 138 MPs, UDA leads the way. ODM follows with 82 lawmakers. Not all ODM MPs will support the motion, given some are in the DP's corner.
Gachagua seems to find favour in Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper party, which has vowed to oppose the DP's removal from office. Wiper boasts 25 MPs. Makueni Senator Dan Maanzo has been vocal against the planned impeachment, saying Wiper MPs would oppose it.
"Whether Parliament impeaches the president or the deputy then the courts have their place," said Maanzo.
Both factions of Jubilee, which has 29 MPs, seem to be close to Gachagua. The DP will need 117 MPs if he is to survive impeachment, which promises to be a tough task.
"I hear they wanted to impeach me but they did not have the numbers to do so. Now I hear that they are saying with Raila and his people in government they have the numbers to oust me if they unite," Gachagua recently lamented in an explosive interview.
Maanzo said the censure motion at the Senate could give the indications on how the vote will likely go in the Senate. This is not the first time that the country is witnessing threats to have its deputy president ousted. As DP, Ruto faced similar threats when he fell out with former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Uhuru's allies believed his handshake with Raila had granted them enough numbers to oust Ruto but they never pushed through the plan. Indeed, when Uhuru and Raila bulldozed the Building Bridges Initiative through Parliament, they raised more than the two-thirds threshold an impeachment motion would require.
[Additional reporting by Geff Kirui and Ndung'u Gachane]